BTTB cell phone
Zahir U. Hyder, Dhaka
Recently, our prime minister inaugurated the BTTB cell phone service. People in the country were really impressed to hear the news. Especially for two reasons: it would be cheaper in all respect and the private cell companies would face competition to reduce their existing charges. As a result the existing cell phone users would be benefited as well. But after the inauguration we do not see any further development or progress in this project. The previous government had taken the same initiative but it was finally postponed due to some unknown reasons. We think the same may happen to this project. In fact, present cellular phone service providers are making good business and they are dominating the market. It is known to all that the present cell phone charges are much higher compared to our neighbouring countries. The government is somehow reluctant to have control over these companies and we have been paying a lot more for each call and duration since long. Introduction of BTTB cell phone was a good initiative from the present government to control the private cell companies indirectly and to expand the cell service among general people to a great extent. But the government is going slow on this project. Whatever may be the reason behind this, we are still optimistic about the implementation of the project. We hope the government will take effective steps to fulfill its commitment.
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